A Long Store with an Ordered Beam Frame
The Ebiki Former Soy Sauce Brewing Storehouse (Ebiki Hall) (海老喜旧醤油仕込蔵（海老喜ホール）) is a long storehouse showing the skill of master carpenter Sato Asakichi of 1892, altered in 1979 in Toyomamachi Teraike, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on May 10, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey plastered storehouse, partly two storeys, with a tiled roof and a building area of 110 square metres; registration number 04-0158.
An Orderly Frame of Beams
Ebiki is a merchant house of miso and soy-sauce brewers in the old castle town of Toyoma, with eight buildings on its site registered (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The former soy-sauce brewing store, built in 1892, is a long gabled storehouse at the back of the site facing east onto the street on the south, tiled and entered from the gable end.
Inside, a Japanese roof frame carries longitudinal beams and triple tie beams laid in order on its great beams, a highly developed structure (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency notes that it shows the skill of the master carpenter Sato Asakichi and the standard of timber building in the area in the modern era.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the longitudinal and triple tie beams laid in order on the great beams (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not listed in the Agency record. According to the Ebiki website, the family business still makes and sells miso and soy sauce here. Ebiki and Tome City give the opening hours of the Kura no Shiryokan museum in the former sake brewery as 9:00 to 17:00, with admission of 200 yen; the former soy-sauce store (Ebiki Hall) is used for group meals by reservation only, and no other building is open inside. The eight buildings are introduced together on the Ebiki page.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In 1892 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Who built it?
- Master carpenter Sato Asakichi.
- What is the structure like?
- Beams laid in careful order.
- How is it used now?
- As Ebiki Hall.
- When was the Ebiki Former Soy Sauce Brewing Storehouse (Ebiki Hall) registered?
- On May 10, 2018 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Ebiki Former Soy Sauce Brewing Storehouse (Ebiki Hall) (海老喜旧醤油仕込蔵（海老喜ホール）) |
|---|---|
| Location | 22 Toyomamachi Teraike, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2018/05/10 (Heisei 30) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single storey, partly two, plastered storehouse, tiled roof, 110 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Ebiki Former Soy Sauce Brewing Storehouse (Ebiki Hall) (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00012278
- Kura no Shiryokan (Ebiki, in Japanese)
- https://ebiki.com/?mode=f3
- Historic sights (Tome City, in Japanese)
- https://www.city.tome.miyagi.jp/kanko/tourism/see/rekishi/index.html
Last verified: 2026.10.28
